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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BUC-C61B87
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An oval copper-alloy buckle frame with ornate outside edges and a rectangular plate. The buckle frame has a narrowed offset bar and pronounced knops on the outer edge. The pin has a moulded collar at the point where it joins the bar. The plate has a cut-out to allow for the pin to be fitted, and is decorated with a crudely executed incised design. A border delineated by a line runs along the two long edges enclosing an inscription. Only AE is decipherable, probably part of "Ave Maria", a common medieval talismanic inscription.
Similar buckles of this shape found in London excavations are broadly dated to the 13th/early 14th century. A particularly well executed inscribed example was found during the excavations at Tattenhoe, and an even more cryptically inscribed composite strap-end came from Westbury by Shenley, both in Milton Keynes (Mills in Ivens et al 1995, p. 336, no. 7, with copious references). Parallels on the PAS database include SF-0B21E1 and CORN-CCE175.
Inscription:
A[V]E [MARIA]
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Retained by finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1270
Date to: AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Width: 32 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th April 2004
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Grendon Underwood
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books | |||
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books | 76, fig 46, no 314 | ||
| Ivens, R., Busby, P. and Shepherd, N. | 1995 | Tattenhoe and Westbury: Two Deserted Medieval Settlements in Milton Keynes | Aylesbury | Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society | 336 Figs 154 no 90 & fig 156 no 108 |
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